60th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China)

The 60th Medium Combined Arms Brigade is one of the six combined arms brigades of the 83rd Group Army under the Central Theater Command. The 60th was converted from a division to a brigade as part of the PLA modernization efforts of the late 1990s.

60th Medium Combined Arms Brigade
Active1949 - present
Country People's Republic of China
TypeCombined Arms
Part of83rd Group Army
Garrison/HQMinggang, Xinyang, Henan

The predecessor 60th Division was created in 1949 as part of the 20th Army. It consisted of the 178th, 179th, and 180th Regiments.[1] It entered Korea along with the rest of the 20th Army as part of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)).

The 60th Division moved toward a blocking position near Koto-ri, south of "Hell-Fire Valley" during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.[2]

References
  1. Mossman, Billy C., Ebb and Flow November 1950-July 1951, pg 55
  2. The Korean War: The Chinese Intervention, pg 17
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